October 31, 2024
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SAN RAMON, Calif. — The CooperVision Student Myopia Leadership Society members for 2024-2025 have officially been announced.
The Student Myopia Leadership Society provides educational experiences for a student at each school and college of optometry in North America who is dedicated to helping treat children with myopia. The student will learn more about the evolving landscape of myopia management and how to achieve the best evidence-based outcomes in clinical practice. The student will connect with CooperVision leadership, collaborate with their peers, and learn from myopia management leaders in the optometry profession.
Students named to the program receive:
- $1,000 stipend to enhance their optometric experience and assist in travel expenses to the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) Annual Meeting.
- Invitation to attend a fully paid educational meeting with networking opportunities at CooperVision’s facility (Victor, NY), Spring 2024.
- Opportunity to connect with CooperVision Best Practices Honorees and other optometric leadership.
- Help shape the support for current student optometrists in training by engaging with optometrists affiliated with CooperVision as well as CooperVision leadership.
- Showcase participation in program through industry promotion.
- Opportunity to be highlighted in and contribute to ECP Viewpoints publications and podcasts.
The 2024-2025 CooperVision Student Myopia Leadership Society members are:
- Krystal Castillo, Pennsylvania College of Optometry
- Melissa Chabane, University of Montreal Optometry School
- Marliez Diaz Bravo, Rocky Mountain University
- Cara Duka, University of the Incarnate Word Rosenberg School of Optometry
- Dana Ferguson, Pacific University College of Optometry
- Joyce Gao, SUNY College of Optometry
- Lybbee Graham, Northeastern State University Oklahoma College of Optometry
- Alec Hanson, Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Optometry
- Suzanna Hui, New England College of Optometry
- Richard Huynh, Marshall B. Ketchum University Southern California College of Optometry
- Jillian Jackson, Southern College of Optometry
- Isabella Jenson, Midwestern University, Arizona College of Optometry
- Sabhat Khan, University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science
- Kaitlyn Lee, UC Berkeley, Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry & Vision Science
- Alli Luther, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
- Stephanie Mathews, Ferris State University, Michigan College of Optometry
- Rachel Mills, The Ohio State University College of Optometry
- Alexis Patience, Nova Southeastern University College of Optometry
- Christopher Quan, Western University of Health Sciences College of Optometry
- Megan Rice, Indiana University School of Optometry
- Elizabeth Spyratos, Illinois College of Optometry
- Alyssa Todd, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Andrew Verghese, University of Houston College of Optometry
- Josh Weller, Kentucky College of Optometry
- Kaylee Willner, University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Optometry
- Sarah Wilson, Midwestern University, Chicago College of Optometry
CooperVision invites each school and college of optometry in North America to select a student from either the second- or third-year class to serve for a one-year term. In addition to the benefits outlined above, they may be asked to maintain the MiSight 1 day and Paragon CRT diagnostic lens sets and support myopia management patient care as instructed by their Contact Lens Director. The student will serve as a liaison with other students to share initiatives, product updates, and scholarship opportunities with their classmates.
Students’ one-year term begins in late summer, shortly after the start of the academic school year. All Student Myopia Leadership Society selections must be received by the end of August of every year.
Contact Lens Directors can submit their selection for the Student Myopia Leadership Society to professionalaffairs@coopervision.com. A representative from Professional & Academic Affairs will reach out to the student to confirm and finalize the selection.
